Last month, state Assembly members wrote a bill to close Lincoln Hills Youth Prison and create new state and county-run facilities. The bill passed unanimously. This week, the Senate members passed a rewritten version of the original Assembly bill that does not include funding for new facilities. The two similar...

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said he’s not worried about getting his plan to address school safety passed before the end of the legislative session. Walker called the state Legislature into special session Thursday to consider several bills on school safety, including a $100 million grant program for building security and...

Obama-era Attorney General Eric Holder discussed gerrymandering and voter turnout Friday in Madison. He said he expects the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, which he chairs, to be involved in Wisconsin elections throughout the year.

The United States Treasury Department announced sanctions today against five Russian organizations and 19 individuals for meddling in the 2016 general election. In a statement , Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said, “The Administration is confronting and countering malign Russian cyber activity, including their attempted interference in U.S. elections, destructive cyber-attacks,...

A new report from the National Institute on Retirement Security finds that 95 percent of millennials are not adequately saving for retirement, with a majority of millennials having absolutely nothing saved for their later years. How did we get here? And what might policymakers and employers do to help millennials...

While a serious illness might deter most people from becoming big time athletes, that's not the case for one Stevens Point resident. She's a single mom of two kids, lost over 100 pounds doing martial arts, diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and part of Team USA's Paralympic training team. We talk...

Governor Scott Walker has called on state lawmakers to hold a special session at the Capitol to work on proposed school safety measures. The Governor is calling for a new $100 million grant program to bolster school safety programs, establish a new school safety division under the Wisconsin Department of...